Occurrence and outcome of fever in critically ill adults

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1531-1535

  Laupland, Kevin B ^a,b   Shahpori, Reza ^b   Kirkpatrick, Andrew W ^b   Ross, Terry ^b   Gregson, Daniel B ^a,b   Stelfox, H Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult; Fever; Intensive care unit; Mortality; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 42949170034     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318170efd3     Document Type: Article

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